1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Red Sanders, the team compiled a 6–4 record, tied for fourth place in the SEC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 182 to 85.
Vanderbilt was ranked at No. 31 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947. When the AP Poll began releasing its college football ranking on October 6, 1947, Vanderbilt ranked No. 10 for two weeks; they would not rank in the top ten again until the 2025 season, where Vanderbilt defeated No. 10 LSU on October 18, 2025.